(2025) Science and education, 3, 33-38. Odessa.

Anatolii Massanov, 
Doctor of Psychological Sciences, 
Professor at the Department of Theory and Methods of Practical Psychology, 
The state institution "South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky",
26, Staroportofrankivska, Str., Odesa, Ukraine,
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1002-4941

EMPIRICAL VERIFICATION OF THE MODEL OF RESILIENCE DEVELOPMENT IN ATHLETES

The article presents the results of an empirical study aimed at verifying the model of resilience development among high-performance athletes by identifying the interrelations between its main components: motivational, cognitive-emotional, behavioral-resource, and social-resource levels. The study involved 50 highly qualified athletes with experience in national and international competitions. A complex of psychodiagnostic tools was applied, including the Achievement Motivation Questionnaire (T. Ehlers), Self-Evaluation Method (T. Dembo & S. Rubinstein), Coping Strategies Inventory (COPE), Emotional Intelligence Test (N. Hall), Self-Control Scale (R. Baumeister), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), and the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). The data were processed using Pearson’s correlation analysis (r), which made it possible to identify a system of interrelations among the studied variables. The findings demonstrated that athletes’ resilience is strongly associated with high levels of self-control, emotional intelligence, adequate self-esteem, achievement motivation, and perceived social support. The strongest positive correlations were found between resilience, self-control (r = 0.60), emotional intelligence (r = 0.55), and achievement motivation (r = 0.50). Active coping strategies were positively related to cognitive-emotional and social-resource indicators, while emotion-avoidant coping behaviors reduced the level of resilience. The results confirm that resilience in athletes should be considered as an integral psychological construct formed through the interaction of internal and external personal resources.

resilience, achievement motivation, self-esteem, emotional intelligence, self-control, social support, coping strategies, athletes, correlation analysis

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